The following issue has been SUBMITTED. ====================================================================== https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1756 ====================================================================== Reported By: larryv Assigned To: ====================================================================== Project: Online Pubs Issue ID: 1756 Category: Shell and Utilities Type: Error Severity: Editorial Priority: normal Status: New Name: Lawrence Velázquez Organization: User Reference: URL: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/awk.html Section: awk ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 2023-07-14 03:15 UTC Last Modified: 2023-07-14 03:15 UTC ====================================================================== Summary: awk: line breaks missing between output_redirection forms Description: <p> The "Output Statements" section begins with the following text:
<blockquote> Both <b>print</b> and <b>printf</b> statements shall write to standard output by default. The output shall be written to the location specified by <i>output_redirection</i> if one is supplied, as follows: <pre> > <i>expression</i>>> <i>expression</i>| <i>expression</i> </pre> </blockquote> As seen in Issue 8, draft 3, page 2602, lines 85263-85265 (I don't have access to any Issue 7 PDFs), the three <i>output_redirection</i> forms should be on three separate lines. </p> <p> The same issue affects at least the following older online publications: <ul> <li> Issue 7, 2016 Edition: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799.2016edition/utilities/awk.html </li> <li> Issue 7, 2013 Edition: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799.2013edition/utilities/awk.html </li> <li> Issue 7, 2008 Edition: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799.2008edition/utilities/awk.html </li> <li> Issue 6, 2004 Edition: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/awk.html </li> </ul> </p> Desired Action: <p> Change: <blockquote> <pre> > <i>expression</i>>> <i>expression</i>| <i>expression</i> </pre> </blockquote> to: <blockquote> <pre> > <i>expression</i> >> <i>expression</i> | <i>expression</i> </pre> </blockquote> </p> ====================================================================== Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 2023-07-14 03:15 larryv New Issue 2023-07-14 03:15 larryv Name => Lawrence Velázquez 2023-07-14 03:15 larryv URL => https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/awk.html 2023-07-14 03:15 larryv Section => awk ======================================================================
